Americans: why don't you use kettles?

[Vintage Paw]

Considering the subsidies, they'd put HFCS in their apples and milk if they could.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I hear that it took them until the 1800s to have a decent civil war.

It's not over yet. We're just resting a little before we start up again.

 

[maomao]

Isn't this the second thread of recent memory? You'all need to get a new act. Its getting stale.

It wasn't a thread, it was an aside in the international oddities thread.

We had a whistling kettle when we lived in America. I prefer a whistler but it takes longer and my fancy copper one is shit and the handle gets hot.

 

[DotCommunist]

Note how our yanqui brethren never developed Mellow Birds, a long standing ersatz coffee that shames us all.

 

[DotCommunist]

It's not over yet. We're just resting a little before we start up again.

The south will rise again! but not until they have proper kettles

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Or Camp Coffee. The one with the label picture of an empire builder being served a cup of chicory filth by a pissed-off looking indigenous chap.

 

[DotCommunist]

Or Camp Coffee. The one with the label picture of an empire builder being served a cup of chicory filth by a pissed-off looking indigenous chap.

shows how long it is since you saw that brand label, now they sit together and share the fucking rank 'coffee'

 

[Miss Caphat]

No, but we had a long conversation about the difference between a biscuit and a cookie, and the fact that american biscuits are apparently 'like' scones, but served with gravy. Mention of the cream and jam really threw the 7 year old.

up north here we're more likely to put butter & jam on biscuits than gravy. that southern biscuits n' gravy thing confuses us.

 

[skyscraper101]

Can you get it? I hate that filter muck

Yes you can. I used to get it to make iced coffee with back when I used to drink coffee. Mixed with lots of milk it's not that bad. But still pretty gross tbh.

Tasters Choice is what I buy (it's basically 'Gold Blend' OU).

I'm also not big on filter coffee and can't be bothered with the hassle of coffee pots and filters anyway, but I like milky instant as long as its not the horrid cheap instant dark roast. Tasters Choice has a nicer flavour.

 

[skyscraper101]

There's something weird about blackcurrants in the US - it is (or was) hard to find blackcurrant products for some reason which I have forgotten.

Cause they're not native to North America again a really obvious answer not sure these take a genius to figure out

It's all about cranberries in the US. Almost all the cordials I see are apple and cranberry variants. I have to get Ribena on import for my blackcurrant cordial fix.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

No, but we had a long conversation about the difference between a biscuit and a cookie, and the fact that american biscuits are apparently 'like' scones, but served with gravy. Mention of the cream and jam really threw the 7 year old.

You must have been talking with a southerner. We put butter and honey on ours.

I can't say that biscuits and scones are really alike. Biscuits are more like a heavier Yorkshire pudding. I can see the temptation to see them as scones, but they're lighter and flakier, if made right. Or, like hockey pucks if they're not. Badly made biscuits are probably where the comparison to scones comes in.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Biscuits are more like a heavier Yorkshire pudding.

This now makes more sense. The idea of biscuits and gravy sounds mad to us - we call cookies biscuits. Yorkshire pudding must be accompanied by lots of gravy.

 

[gosub]

It's all about cranberries in the US. Almost all the cordials I see are apple and cranberry variants. I have to get Ribena on import for my blackcurrant cordial fix.

Still,I would of thought the massive over-prescription of satins would be hitting that market

 

[DotCommunist]

This now makes more sense. The idea of biscuits and gravy sounds mad to us - we call cookies biscuits. Yorkshire pudding must be accompanied by lots of gravy.

BUT I'm led to believe american gravy that goes on 'biscuits' is quite a watery affair- so where does this leave us?

other than confused obvs

 

[danny la rouge]

BUT I'm led to believe american gravy that goes on 'biscuits' is quite a watery affair- so where does this leave us?

other than confused obvs

It's more like a white sauce than a gravy.

 

[Miss Caphat]

Grapevine Kentucky Buttermilk Biscuits

Ingredients
4 cups self-rising flour, plus more for dusting
1 stick good butter, plus 3 tablespoons melted
2 to 3 cups cold buttermilk
1 tablespoon vegetable oil

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/...buttermilk-biscuits-recipe2.html?ic1=obinsite

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

BUT I'm led to believe american gravy that goes on 'biscuits' is quite a watery affair- so where does this leave us?

other than confused obvs

I've always thought it was gloppy and thick, but I'm not a fan. I'd rather eat nasal discharge than biscuits and gravy. And, danny la rouge is right, its more of a white sauce with bits of sausage in it, than a brown gravy.

 

[Miss Caphat]

biscuits ^

as you can see from the ingredients, they're not a sweet pastry...in fact they're generally kind of salty tasting

 

[DotCommunist]

They look very edible indeed, and with a white suasage gravy too. Turning the world on its head.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Also, their weedy home wiring means an American electric kettle takes about twice as long to boil.

Why don't they do it Japanese kettle style then? Boil water, and keep it going at the right temp all morning for the whole family. Americans are fairly keen convenience over saving energy aren't they?

 

[TikkiB]

You must have been talking with a southerner. We put butter and honey on ours.

I can't say that biscuits and scones are really alike. Biscuits are more like a heavier Yorkshire pudding. I can see the temptation to see them as scones, but they're lighter and flakier, if made right. Or, like hockey pucks if they're not. Badly made biscuits are probably where the comparison to scones comes in.

Midwesterners in fact

 

[Spymaster]

Grapevine Kentucky Buttermilk Biscuits

Ingredients
4 cups self-rising flour, plus more for dusting
1 stick good butter, plus 3 tablespoons melted
2 to 3 cups cold buttermilk
1 tablespoon vegetable oil

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/...buttermilk-biscuits-recipe2.html?ic1=obinsite

How much is "a stick" of butter?

 

[Miss Caphat]

How much is "a stick" of butter?

113 grams or 4 ounces

 

[Miss Caphat]

Why don't they do it Japanese kettle style then? Boil water, and keep it going at the right temp all morning for the whole family. Americans are fairly keen convenience over saving energy aren't they?

because the whole family does not need boiling water

how hard is it to understand that we just don't drink tea regularly?
the coffee maker is designed for that, to keep the coffee pot hot for a few hours.

 

[Spymaster]

113 grams or 4 ounces

Why a stick?

Is it sold in 4 ounce bars over there?

 

[Miss Caphat]

Why a stick?

Is it sold in 4 ounce bars over there?

yes 4 x 4 = 16 = 1 pound. it's sold by the pound but each quarter is individually wrapped.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Midwesterners in fact

That's odd. I've never considered biscuits and gravy a Midwestern food. Now, chili served with cinnamon rolls... We definitely do that.

 

[Miss Caphat]

 

[Spymaster]

yes 4 x 4 = 16 = 1 pound. it's sold by the pound but each quarter is individually wrapped.

Gotcha. It's sold in quarter kilo blocks here.

 

[Orang Utan]

Now THIS is an important question. Squash is so cost efficient compared to the ready-made stuff you're more or less stuck with over there. You've got the cans of frozen stuff you can dilute, but it only makes a handful of glasses. My current bottle of squash makes 70 glasses.

Do adults drink squash?